Climatch

Land with a climate like Kofu

🇯🇵Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan

The towns with the closest growing climate to Kofu are Nasushiobara, Japan (99% match), Kōriyama and Utsunomiya. About 210,000 sq mi of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, North Carolina, United States and Hubei, China.The towns with the closest growing climate to Kofu are Nasushiobara, Japan (99% match), Kōriyama and Utsunomiya. About 545,000 km² of land in 5 countries matches 80% or better, most of it in Virginia, United States, North Carolina, United States and Hubei, China.

Your growing climate

Zone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 8a · 222 frost-free days · 1,959 chill hours · 1,110 mm rain

What grows in Kofu →

Regions with the most land like yours

  1. 1

    🇺🇸Virginia, United States

    30k sq mi78k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Reston (90), Ashburn (90)

  2. 2

    🇺🇸North Carolina, United States

    17k sq mi44k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Eden (85), Kernersville (84)

  3. 3

    🇨🇳Hubei, China

    14k sq mi35k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Songbai (80), Tuanbao (78)

  4. 4

    🇺🇸Maryland, United States

    13k sq mi33k km² matching 80% or better

    For example North Potomac (91), Rockville (90)

  5. 5

    🇰🇷Jeollanam-do, South Korea

    10k sq mi26k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Beolgyo (92), Suncheon (92)

  6. 6

    🇨🇳Chongqing, China

    6,400 sq mi17k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Luoping (87), Miaoyu (86)

  7. 7

    🇨🇳Shaanxi, China

    6,300 sq mi16k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Pingli (79), Langao Chengguanzhen (78)

  8. 8

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    5,800 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Heunghae (94), Yeonil (93)

  9. 9

    🇰🇷Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

    5,600 sq mi15k km² matching 80% or better

    For example Ungsang (95), Naesŏ (93)

  10. 10

    🇯🇵Fukushima, Japan

    3,600 sq mi9,200 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kōriyama (98), Sukagawa (97)

  11. 11

    🇯🇵Hiroshima, Japan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Kōzan (90), Yae (86)

  12. 12

    🇯🇵Hyōgo, Japan

    3,400 sq mi8,900 km² matching 80% or better

    For example Sasayama (89), Tamba-Sasayama (89)

Regions are states and provinces, counting land within 75 km of a town. At most three per country, so the list covers the world.

Closest towns

  1. 1

    🇯🇵NasushiobaraTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 210 frost-free days · 2,276 chill hours · 1,267 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops

    99%match
  2. 2

    🇯🇵KōriyamaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 8a · 211 frost-free days · 2,309 chill hours · 1,186 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    98%match
  3. 3

    🇯🇵UtsunomiyaTochigi, Japan

    Zone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 228 frost-free days · 1,872 chill hours · 1,318 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    98%match
  4. 4

    🇯🇵TakasakiGunma, Japan

    Zone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 8a · 238 frost-free days · 1,645 chill hours · 1,258 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    96%match
  5. 5

    🇯🇵MatsumotoNagano, Japan

    Zone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 39 in rainZone 7b · 203 frost-free days · 2,494 chill hours · 1,000 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    95%match
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    🇯🇵IwakiFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,827 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 240 frost-free days · 1,827 chill hours · 1,299 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    94%match
  7. 7

    🇯🇵HigashiyamatoTokyo, Japan

    Zone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,551 chill hours · 59 in rainZone 8a · 247 frost-free days · 1,551 chill hours · 1,494 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, tea

    94%match
  8. 8

    🇯🇵MitoIbaraki, Japan

    Zone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 56 in rainZone 8a · 239 frost-free days · 1,804 chill hours · 1,417 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    94%match
  9. 9

    🇯🇵NakatsugawaGifu, Japan

    Zone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,109 chill hours · 72 in rainZone 8a · 221 frost-free days · 2,109 chill hours · 1,835 mm rain

    Shares 20 of your 26 great-fit crops

    94%match
  10. 10

    🇯🇵DateFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 46 in rainZone 8a · 223 frost-free days · 2,200 chill hours · 1,172 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    93%match
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    🇰🇷JumunjinGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 230 frost-free days · 2,159 chill hours · 1,248 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops

    93%match
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    🇯🇵Minami-SōmaFukushima, Japan

    Zone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 2,012 chill hours · 51 in rainZone 8a · 237 frost-free days · 2,012 chill hours · 1,284 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    93%match
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    🇰🇷UlsanSouth Korea

    Zone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 48 in rainZone 7b · 240 frost-free days · 1,780 chill hours · 1,213 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    93%match
  14. 14

    🇰🇷GangneungGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 50 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,334 chill hours · 1,277 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
  15. 15

    🇯🇵NaganoJapan

    Zone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 43 in rainZone 7b · 211 frost-free days · 2,389 chill hours · 1,081 mm rain

    Shares 25 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    92%match
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    🇯🇵SendaiMiyagi, Japan

    Zone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 49 in rainZone 8a · 224 frost-free days · 2,217 chill hours · 1,257 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    92%match
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    🇰🇷SokchoGangwon-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 47 in rainZone 7b · 224 frost-free days · 2,300 chill hours · 1,191 mm rain

    Shares 23 of your 26 great-fit crops

    92%match
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    🇰🇷PohangGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 1,972 chill hours · 44 in rainZone 7b · 233 frost-free days · 1,972 chill hours · 1,105 mm rain

    Shares 24 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    92%match
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    🇰🇷BusanSouth Korea

    Zone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 55 in rainZone 8a · 251 frost-free days · 1,730 chill hours · 1,389 mm rain

    Shares 22 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut, tea

    92%match
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    🇰🇷SuncheonJeollanam-do, South Korea

    Zone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 52 in rainZone 7b · 226 frost-free days · 2,038 chill hours · 1,316 mm rain

    Shares 21 of your 26 great-fit crops · Also great there: peanut

    92%match

Any town over 15,000 people, skipping those within 75 km of you. ↻ = seasons flipped across the equator.

How matching works

We compare all twelve months of average highs and lows, rain, humidity and sunshine, the same way as Climatch's places-like search, but weighted for growing: winter lows count most, since frost, chill and hardiness decide which perennials survive, then summer highs and rain. Humidity counts least.

Scores show how unusual a match this close is: 80 or better is closer than all but about 2% of random pairs of places. Across the equator seasons are lined up (↻), so a southern farm's January is compared with a northern July. Climate is only part of it: check soil, water and day length (it matters for photoperiod crops) before buying land.

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Climate data: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages (Abatzoglou, J.T. et al., 2018, Scientific Data 5:170191). Humidity is derived from TerraClimate vapor pressure; “sunshine” is solar radiation.

Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

Grower tools: crop ranges from FAO ECOCROP and university extension guides (cited per crop). Daily weather, frost dates and chill are estimated from the monthly averages; chill portions use the Dynamic Model (Fishman, Erez & Couvillon, 1987), hardiness zones follow the USDA definition.